• Maternity Monday: Twist-Front T-Shirt Dress

    T-shirt dresses can be a bit on the casual side for a conservative office — but provided they’re opaque and in good shape without pilling or the like, you can often dress them up with enough jewelry and accessories to make the casual-ness of the dress fade away. This twist-front dress from Old Navy looks…

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  • Holiday Weekend Open Thread

    Something on your mind? Chat about it here. Corporette readers recently recommended The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, and I read it and really loved it! It was very funny — as the publisher describes it, it’s “a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.” (If you…

  • News Roundup

    Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently… Scary Mommy momsplained in a video why — and how — workplaces should hire more mothers if they want to get sh*t done. Business Insider provided five stylish work bag startups and also shared five workwear options that travel well. Real Simple sang the…

  • Family Thursday: Bathtub Fingerpaint Soap

    I chanced upon these sold individually at Target for something like $1-$3 each, and bought the three primary colors. Of course I realized too late that my youngest absolutely adores them: I can’t find them in any Target right now. Amazon comes through as always, though, but for a bit more — this pack of 6…

  • Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Corporate Auditor in Texas

    For this week’s installment of our Week in the Life of a Working Mom series, I’m happy to introduce CorporetteMoms reader C, who lives in New Mexico with her husband and two daughters and works as a corporate auditor.  Our usual caveat applies: Please remember that this is is a real person who has feelings and isn’t gaining…